Persevere Chords

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[Verse 1]
I never got [G]to kiss your [C]head, ah, [F]Emme
And the call [Am]came the [G]week I got di[F]vorced
I [C]thought I had a [G]real [F]understanding
then [C]of loss
[Am]But I didn't know a [G]thing 'til you
were [F]gone
[Am]And I'm tired of trying to find [G]some sort
of [C]meaningful thing
[F]In making sense [Am]of such
[G]unspeakable [F]loss
[Am]But as I'm staring at your folks,
[G]the sweetest [C]people I [F]know
I get a glimpse [Am]of what it is [G]to be strong[F]
Just holding hands and [Am]sobbing
with [G]sunglasses [C]on

[Verse 2]
'Cause [F]nothing tuned [C]me in
to absurdity as fast
As a [F]gravestone with [C]the name of
[Am]a baby that has pa[G]ssed
I used [F]to wanna be important,
[C]now I just wan[Am]na be ali[G]ve
[F]And without [G]fear
You got to persevere
[C][G]

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 3]
I [C]couldn't coun
[G]t the times I've [C]ragged [F]on heaven
As an opi[Am]ate inv[G]ented by the weak
[F]It's an [C]argument I h[G]ate 'cause I'm
content [F]to love the [C]fates
But it comes [Am]up a lot wi[G]th
Emme's dad [F]and me
So I'm [Am]shotgun in the [G]car and
we're [C]just shooting the [F]shit
[Am]And predictably, the talking t[G]urns t[F]o God
So [Am]I throw him forty [G]lines how
I [C]don't think he ex[F]ists
And he just [Am]smiles and takes
[G]a dignified [F]pause
Says, "It's [Am]okay to feel
unbe[G]lievably [C]lost"

[Verse 4]
But [F]God is full of [C]grace and
[F]his faithfulness is [C]vast
There [F]is safety [C]in the moments
when the [Am]shit has hit the fan
[G]Not some vindic[F]tive motherfucker,
[C]nor is he shi[Am]tty at his job
[G]What words to [F]hear[G]
And I'm a mess by now
'Cause [F]nothing tuned [C]me in to
[F]my failure as [C]fast
[F]As grieving for [C]a friend with more
be[Am]lief than I possessed
[G]"It's not some dis[F]embodied
[C]heaven," he as[Am]sured me
[G]Then he laughs and says
[F]through [G]tears
"You got to [C]persevere"
[F]Per[C]severe[F][C]
[F]Persevere[C]
[F]Per[C]severe

[Interlude 2]
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[Verse 5]
We threw a [F]party up [C]in here,
but God, [Am]it was bi[G]ttersweet
I live [F]hard 'cause I [C]am scared
that [Am]I won't mean [G]anything
So now I'm pray[F]ing to the ceiling,
[C]to the window[Am]s, to [G]the walls
Against this [F]sudden sink[C]ing feeling that
there's [Am]nothing there [G]at all
[F]And still
[C]We just persevere

[Outro 1]
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